Toilet article



Nov. 11 2 A. A. BANKs TOILET ARTICLE Filed July 13 INVENTOR.

Patented Nov. 11, 1924.

-ALFONSO A. BANKS, 0'}? NEW YORK, N. Y.

TOILET ARTICLE.

Application filed July 13, 1920.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALsoNso A. Blinks, citizen of the United States, and resident of New York, State of New York, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Toilet Articles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to toilet articles and specifically to devices for cleaning combs and more particularly to the character of such devices where combs are cleansed by drawing cords or threads through the interstices between the teeth thereof for removing the foreign substance therefrom.

The object of this invention is to provide a device for cleaning combs of the more simple and practical form than has heretofore been devised or invented and which will be less expensive of construction than other devices in use and more easily and conveniently used for cleaning combs and which may be more readily cleaned after having been used for such purpose.

Referring to the accompanying drawing the figure illustrates my device in position for use and the application and use thereof for cleaning the comb, is illustrated in dotted lines. In the manufacture of the devices the end portions A and B are cut by any desired process from the material to be used preferably soft leather, but any other suitable material may be employed as cloth, fibre or metal. These parts may be cut upon the same pattern and used interchangeably for either end of the device. The opening C is provided for disposing the part over for a hook as D, which may be placed in a wall or stile of a door or window or fixed to an article of furniture in a manner similar to the way in which razor strops are attached upon a hook for use. A cord or thread is then strung at spaced distances through the end pieces A and B. The said end pieces being disposed at a desired distance one from the other so that the cords extending between them will be of the required length. The elements A and B are composed of relatively soft, flexible material of a character not liable to cut the cord employed in making the strands, such as leather. A strong silk thread or cord is preferably used and in practice I prefer to use one cord or thread of suflicient length for making all the strands in the cleaning device. One end then is secured to the end pieces A, as at E; then the cord is threaded Serial No. 396,039.

through the opposite end pieces B, as at F, passed to an opening, a thread space distaut therefrom as at F passed therethrough; then through an opening as at E in the end piece A, returned through an opening as at E and so on untilall the openings provided in the said end pieces are threaded with the cord or thread, when the end is made secure as at E The object and advantage of this manner of construction of this device is obvious. A continuous thread is used and loosely threaded through the openings in the end pieces and secured at both ends, so that it cannot be unthreaded therefrom. The thread where it is looped through the openings can adjust itself to any unequal strain applied to one edge or the other of the end pieces A or B and the strain upon the threads will be equally divided between all of the various strands thereof as G G G etc., so that said cord or thread will not be readily broken by any ordinary strain incident to the use of the device.

In practical use the. device is fastened upon a hook upon one end and the other end is grasped by one hand of a person to render the cords or threads taut, as indicated in the dotted lines in the figure, with the other hand a comb is held in such a manner that it may be passed over the threads and the threads drawn through the interstices between the teeth and by frequent contact the foreign substance, which has found lodgment therein, will readily be removed therefrom. By giving the end piece a slight jerk, after using, the foreign substances are readily freed from the threads or if it is desired the device may be washed in water or other liquid as antiseptic solutions for thorough cleansing.

One great advantage of my device is that it is flexible and can be packed in a limited space and cannot be broken by packing in this manner for shipment, there being no parts liable to breakage from handling and shipping.

While I have specifically described the form of my device shown in the drawings, I do not wish to be understood to limit myself thereto but reserve the right to depart therefrom within the spirit and reasonable scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention What I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent in the United States, is:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a comb Gleaner? comprising end pieces of rehetively soft, flexible non rnetalli'c material, and a plurality of spaced parallel cords con- 5 necting said end pieces;

2. As a new article of manufacture, a comb cleaner comprislng end pleces of relatively soft, flexible material, pierced for the reception of cords, and a cord consisting of a, plurality of spaced parallel strands con- 10 necting said end pieces.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New fiork and State of New York, this 7 day of June, A. D. 1920.

ALFONSO A. BANKS. 

